While Spain is yet another country considering social media bans, we should remember the dissidents who rely on platforms to organise or let others know what’s happening on the ground
Index on Censorship brought together MPs and activists to discuss how essential it is for dissidents to be able to communicate securely
Demonstrations against Israeli President Isaac Herzog have been met by a brutal police response
The recent oustings show that the best way to stay out of trouble is to not align with, or investigate, those at the top
The Index CEO reacts to Hong Kong’s sentencing of the media mogul, and why the British government should have done more
The authorities are trying to control how the nation grieves its protesting dead. The people are pushing back
“Truth seems overwhelmingly difficult”: the words of lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari who was taken from a car by police on her way to court last week
If the signs weren’t there already, the US President’s speech at Davos made clear his intention to tighten his stranglehold on the free press
Lukashenka’s political prisoners are seen as bargaining chips rather than people. Andrei, like hundreds of others, should not be behind bars
The singer-turned-politician refuses to give up despite threats to his life